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May 15, 2018

Eastern AHEC, ECU and Camp Lejeune partner on new military-civilian cardiac conference

More than 250 military and civilian health professionals came together for a new educational conference entitled Premature Cardiac Death in Eastern North Carolina on May 8 at Camp Lejeune. This...

May 15, 2018

ECU anthropology professor named director of international initiatives for Harriot College

East Carolina University anthropology professor Dr. Megan Perry has been appointed director of international initiatives for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. “I’m thrilled to...

May 14, 2018

ECU Police to conduct active shooter training

The East Carolina University Police Department will conduct active shooter training May 14-18 from 5 p.m. to midnight in the Carol G. Belk Building on Charles Boulevard. This training, a...

May 14, 2018

Blockfest competition gives construction students real-life experience

Construction management students recently competed in Blockfest, a design and craft competition in which seven teams of 42 students had to dry-stack a structure using a selection of concrete masonry...

May 14, 2018

Hurricane Preparedness Week 2018: Be prepared to weather the storm

While most of today’s students are too young to remember 1999’s Hurricane Floyd, the severe flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 remains a fresh memory. Eastern North Carolina and...

May 11, 2018

Honor a service member with a Memorial Walk commemorative brick

Each November, the Office of Military Programs conducts a ceremony to honor those whose engraved brick pavers will become part of the Memorial Walk located west of Christenbury Memorial Gymnasium. The...

May 11, 2018

Family Fun Day set for June 3

Campus Recreation & Wellness will be hosting Family Fun Day on Sunday, June 3 from 2– 4 p.m. at the North Recreational Complex on U.S. 264 East to celebrate our...

May 11, 2018

Harriot College announces 2018 Dean’s Early Career Award recipients

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences has announced that Dr. Elizabeth Ables, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Jacob Hochard, assistant professor of economics, are recipients...

May 10, 2018

Researchers attend Air Force workshop

Five East Carolina University researchers presented their projects at the U.S. Air Force Science and Technology 2030 Workshop in April. The workshop, hosted by the University of South Florida, was...

May 09, 2018

Order inducts new engineers

The College of Engineering and Technology’s Department of Engineering hosted the Ninth Order of the Engineer induction ceremony on May 2. The basic premise for the Order recognizes the obligation engineers...